Johnson — #3514 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Johnson

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,987 babies named Johnson between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Johnson currently holds the #3514 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 111 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Johnson performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 884 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Johnson shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 869 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Johnson in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Johnson in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,987 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.